Fine Japanese Prints
Fine Japanese Prints
The Property of a Gentleman
Lot Closed
December 16, 03:29 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Gentleman
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Kanbara: Night Snow (Kanbara, yoru no yuki)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tokaido or Great Tokaido, signed Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige), published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), circa 1833-34, second state
Horizontal oban: 24.5 x 37.1 cm., 9⅝ x 14⅝ in.
For a different impression of the second state in the collection of Museum of Fine Art Boston, accession number 11.30429, go to: